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as in diverting
to draw the attention or mind to something else
personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work
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as in summarizing
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs
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Recent Examples of abstracting
There’s very little Dial that is not abstracting and reflecting on one issue after another.
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Firefly’s influence in the industry is only growing, solidifying its reputation as a leader in abstracting infrastructure complexity and delivering transformative cloud asset management solutions.
—Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Firefly’s influence in the industry is only growing, solidifying its reputation as a leader in abstracting infrastructure complexity and delivering transformative cloud asset management solutions.
—Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
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To-date, the brand has bought back 11,000 items, diverting 17,000 pounds of clothing from landfills.Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
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This piece of tech reduces the sniper’s signature by muffling or diverting the sound (some can divert them 90 degrees away from the barrel) and also reduces muzzle flash.Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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The fulfillment of orders is directly linked to the performance score of suppliers, with the score summarizing the supplier’s performance across multiple categories, including environmental and social measures, quality, price and delivery.Hakan Karaosman, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2024
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This time is used to capture data from various systems—payments, address and card verification, authentication, trend line review, mapping against the business rules and policies, as well as summarizing to provide a clear resolution communication.Balmukund Shukla, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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This also avoids a brightness instability problem that can afflict the TV’s Standard mode, where the image suffers distracting brightness ‘jumps’ or ‘drops’ when an HDR image cuts abruptly between bright and dark shots.John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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The boy’s life is organized around distracting himself, especially since his mother (Jodie Whittaker) works long days and nights as a nurse.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2024
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On Berger's desk is a poster of sketches and notes outlining every era designed by one of her precocious granddaughters.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Phoenix has released its first official Climate Action Plan Progress Report, outlining evidence of tangible headway on several deadly and costly climate challenges affecting the city, while lagging in results on others.Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Abstracting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstracting. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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